Catalogo dei Corsi di studio

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Marco Rossi is Full Professor of Experimental Physics of Matter at the Department of Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome
Since January 1st 2021, is the Rector Delegate for the Industrial Ph.D. Programmes.
Since November 2016, he is the Director of the Master Degree program in Nanotechnology Engineering at Sapienza University of Rome.
Member of the executive scientific board of the Research Center for Nanotechnology of Sapienza (CNIS) since its foundation (2006)
Member of the board of the PhD Course in Electromagnetism of Sapienza.

MAIN TEACHING EXPERIENCES
Since a.y. 2008-09 to present: Course of 'Microscopies and Nanocharacterization techniques' for the second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) in Engineering Nanotechnology.
2005-08: Course of Electron Optics for the second cycle degree in Sciences for Engineering.
2003-05: Course of Electron Microscopy techniques for the environment and cultural heritage for the Master in Nuclear techniques for industry, environment and cultural heritage.
Since a.y. 1994-95 to present: Courses of General Physics I and General Physics II for the first cycle degrees in
Industrial Engineering.

RESEARCH ACTIVITY
His research interests regard mainly problems of nanoscience and nanotechnology. In the last recent years, a part of his research activity is also devoted to define new methodologies and strategies for soft matter imaging (from polymers to bacteria) through a combined and synergistic use of electron microscopies, diffraction techniques and scanning probe microscopies with related spectroscopies. Currently he is coordinating in the EMINA laboratory the definition and development of specific dedicated experimental on scanning probe microscopy (SPM) for functional characterizations (in air and liquid) at the nanoscale.
The experimental research activity is currently carried out mainly at the departmental laboratories of the EMINA research group and at the SNN (Sapienza Nanotechnology and Nanoscience) laboratory of CNIS (Research Center for Nanotechnology of Sapienza).
In the EMINA laboratories are available: transmission and scanning electron microscopes, electron and X-ray diffraction systems, computing clusters, sample preparation laboratory (with evaporators, ion beams, etc.), pulsed lasers for laser annealing and photoablation, probe microscopy platforms (with heads for AFM and STM, both in air and in liquid).
The scientific activity carried out has developed over time mainly on topics that can be traced back to the following main lines of research:
A) low-power laser annealing of implanted compound semiconductors;
B) study of the properties of innovative carbon-based materials for applications in various fields of engineering and nano/bio-technologies;
C) nanocharacterizations and nanometrology.
The potentialities of the innovative materials being studied have stimulated the interest of other research groups, both national and international, with which various research programs have been developed and/or are currently underway for the study of specific properties of materials and systems, as well as for the development of new methodologies and specific systems/set-ups for multifunctional and multi-technical characterization.
Among the collaborations with organizations, institutions and companies, the most relevant for the results achieved are those with: Laval University & Quebec University Hospital, Quebec, Canada; University of Strasbourg, Institut de physique et chimie des matériaux; TU Clausthal, Institut für Metallurgie; Trinity College Dublin, Ireland; CNR-IMM Bologna; LFoundry Srl, Finmeccanica-Leonardo Spa, Assing Spa and Klopman International Srl.

COORDINATION OF RESEARCH PROJECTS
He has been and currently is the coordinator of numerous national and international research projects.
Starting from 2018, he is PI and President of Technical Committee of the infrastructure ATOM (Advanced Tomography and Microscopies) funded by Regione Lazio (call Infrastrutture Aperte per la Ricerca ) with a total financial support of 3.909.135,23 . The project is regularly underway. The aim of the project is the foundation of an open infrastructure for research in the field of characterization of materials and devices, through advanced techniques of tomography and microscopies. ATOM project is presented by the Department of Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering and it involves other internal structures of the University (Interdepartmental research center on nanotechnologies applied to engineering of Sapienza and the Department of Chemistry) and the Headquarter in Rome of CNR Institute of Nanotechnology, that carry out a leading research in the field of nanotechnologies in Italy and in particular in Regione Lazio. ATOM project was born with the purpose to investigate in detail the 3D structure of materials, devices, components and biological tissues, from the mesoscopic to the nanoscopic dimension, through functional and dynamic nano-characterizations. The planned investment provides users with innovative instrumental platforms with applications to bio-medical, micro and nano-electronic, cultural heritage and additive manufacturing sectors.
Starting from 1st March 2020, he is the Sapienza (UNISAP) Project Coordinator for the European project CHALLENGES, funded by European Commission as part of Horizon2020 (approved in the framework of the call H2020-NMBP-TO-IND-2019), for a total financial support of 4.691.567,50 (of which 340.843,75 for the partner UNISAP). Sapienza University of Rome, together with 13 partners located all over Europe, joins this project with the main purpose of develop multipurpose nano-optical techniques and metrological protocols for real-time characterization using plasmonic enhanced Raman, IR and PL signals, capable to enable an increase of speed, sensitivity, spectral range with full cleanroom compatibility within different production environments, to improve devices performance, quality and reliability. CHALLENGES focuses on development and demonstration of such technology on three relevant application contexts: Semiconductor Industry, Si Photovoltaics and 2D Materials.
He is also the Scientific coordinator and main proponent of the TEMIDA project (A state-of-the art TEM-based platform for advanced Imaging and Diffraction Analyses), approved on the University Research Call 2018, type Large Scientific Equipment, Protocol: GA118164932BD7C0, with 191 participants in research groups operating in 22 different departments of Sapienza and financed with 462 k .

OTHER APPOINTMENTS AND COMMITMENTS
In 2009 he cofounded Nanoshare srl, an academic spin-off of the Stor-Age project devoted to the technology transfer in the field of micro and nanotechnologies. Recently (2019) Nanoshare Srl started the R&D activities related to the project NEMESI (NanotEcnologie chiMiche green per la protEzione Sostenibile delle pIante) presented and approved within the call MIUR - PON for Industrial Research Projects and Experimental Development in the 12 areas of specialization identified in the PNR 2015-2020. In 2018, he founded the start-up company Nanoshare 4.0 Srl, funded by Regione Lazio (call "Pre- Seed", POR FESR LAZIO 2014 - 2020). The new company intends to deal with the production of nanostructured hybrid materials based on Carbon and Silicon (C-Si) to be applied in the field of electrical energy storage. Specifically, such nanomaterials will be aimed at the fabrication of lithium-carbon anodes for lithium-ion batteries based on the formation of Lithium-Silicon intercalated compounds.
He is also Founder and Vice-President of NanoItaly Association, since its foundation in 2015, a non-profit scientific association, aimed at promoting and enhancing the role of nano-bio-technologies and nanosciences in the Italian, European and international society. Since 2016, the association has organized annually the international conference NanoInnovation, dedicated to technology transfer in the field of micro-nano technologies. In this context, he has been the Chair of the Organizing Committee for the past 5 editions.
He is Member of the editorial board of Journal of Nanotechnology and Journal of Nanomaterials, and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Materials - Carbon-Based Materials.

BIBLIOMETRIC and EDITORIAL DATA
More than 210 scientific papers in international peer-reviewed journals and books (more than 180 of which indexed on WoS and/or Scopus archives) with h-index= 32 (WoS + Scopus); 34 (Google Scholar), i10-index = 110, with over 4200 citations.
Two patents on innovative C-based materials.
He is member of editorial boards (including Journal of Nanotechnology and Journal of Nanomaterials), as well as editor of numerous proceedings, two books and different special issues.
He has been and is chair of several scientific conferences, including NanoInnovation.
He has done reviewing activity for over 50 scientific journals.

ON-LINE PROFILES
ORCID: 0000-0001-7603-1805
ResearcherID (WoS): G-1689-2012 - http://www.researcherid.com/rid/G-1689-2012
SCOPUS Author ID: 55819540100
RESEARCHGATE: RG score: 40.33, at 97.5th percentile. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marco_Rossi5 - personal
PUBLONS: www.publons.com/a/515474/ - Top reviewer @ Sapienza University of Rome (2016)
GOOGLE: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=gQULpSEAAAAJ&hl=it